A piste grooming apparatus for a motor vehicle, in particular a
track-laying vehicle, includes a cutter support which can be adjusted
relative to the motor vehicle about a plurality of axes and which has a
cutting shaft arrangement that is arranged rotatably in an impact
housing. A smoothing mechanism is arranged--as seen in the forward
direction of travel of the motor vehicle--behind the cutting shaft
arrangement and is held in an adjustable manner.The impact housing and
the cutting shaft arrangement are held on the cutter support in a manner
such that they can be adjusted about a pivot axis which--as seen in the
forward direction of travel of the motor vehicle--lies behind an axis of
rotation of the cutting shaft arrangement.